European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 17,1990 the stars and stripes Page invasion air Mcchord fab Wash. Apr about 125,000 people attended an air show billed As a re enactment of the invasion of Panama. But the military still smarting from accusations of being insensitive at the time downplayed this event. The Early press release for the bases 50th anniversary Celebration promised a a Are enactment of the Iva Quot Anama with the actual aircraft air Crews and soldiers who were there participating a but capt. John Litton denied saturdays event was a re enactment. A that was just something that got overemphasized in a news release a he said. Still Many of those who oozed and ached the air a Snow aerobatics at the oldest air Force base in the Pacific Northwest said they were drawn by word they would get some of the sound and fury of the dec. 20, 1989, invasion. A i think its appropriate for them to re create the Panama invasion a said Jean Smith a Tacoma grandmother joined by three of her 18 grandchildren. A this Way you get a Chance to find out exactly what goes on to see it for  a a War is War and that a a fact of life a said Henry Stahl who brought his son a member of the air Force Roth to the show. A if the military does a Good Job i think they should let the people see,1 fighter planes roared overhead at 600 Mph and bombers and helicopters swooped Low on mock strafing runs. Paratroopers bailed out of a c-141 transport plane. The show did include some troops who participated in the Panama invasion said Bob Rosenburgh a civil run spokesman at fort Lewis. Officials said they received some criticism and accusations of an insensitivity to the loss of life in the invasion and overthrow of Gen. Manuel Noriega _ a somebody on base Over hyped the event a insisted col. Mike Mccarthy base commander. A was soon As i heard about it i said a its a mistake. We re not doing125,000 a helicopters strafing run and Remote triggered explosions Are part of a 50th anniversary air show at Mcchord of amp Panama  a we got a lot of flak about it Quot said sgt. Randy Mitchell. A it does no to make sense to me. The Public was overwhelmingly behind the Panama operation but now its a sensitive subject like Vietnam Quot thousands of . Combat troops raided Panama in december to oust Noriega and install As president Guillermo Endara who had lost May elections that were widely described As fraudulent. The invasion ultimately Cost the lives of 220 civilians and at least 300 soldiers 23 of whom were american according to the Pentagon. We los Angeles apr Richard Nixon does no to expect the news Media Ever to love him but the Man who resigned the presidency in disgrace thinks the Public will judge him More kindly once people tour his new Library. The Richard m. Nixon presidential Library and Birthplace will be dedicated thursday in Yorba Linda in a ceremony to be attended by president Bush and former presidents Reagan Ford and Nixon himself. The gathering is also expected to include the largest reunion of Nixon administration officials since the sex presidents second inauguration in 1972. On the eve of the Celebration Nixon told the los Angeles times he believes the Library will help remove much of the taint of the watergate scandal that resulted in his resigning in disgrace. A Over time As their interest fades and if the Public continues to visit the Nixon museum i would think that All the events covered will be seen in a More objective perspective a Nixon commented. The presidents written remarks in answer to questions submitted by the times were published sunday. Nixon said the news Media Are still obsessed with finding a sinister purpose in his activities. Historians Are too Liberal Ever to be sympathetic to his cause he said. But he does no to waste time worrying about his political legacy Nixon said nor docs he give any thought to a my so called political  in ton 77, resigned office in 1974 amid allegations he helped cover up a botched political burglary of democratic party Headquarters in the watergate apartment Complex in Washington. A Pardon from Ford kept Nixon from facing any possible charges. Library officials say the $21 million Complex will have an extensive watergate Section along with Many other exhibits showing the More positive aspects of Nixon s career. The exhibits will showcase Nixon a foreign policy triumphs and the adoption of the clean air act and creation of the environmental Protection Agency during his administration. Despite its flaws Hubble still has much to offer astronomers Boston apr the $1.5 billion Hubble space Telescope is not a total loss despite the blurring of its giant Eye by a misshapen Mirror a scientist told a convention of astronomers sunday. Eric Chaisson an adjunct professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University said the troubled Telescope still can provide scientists with information. A we can View Bright objects with decent Resolution but we wont be Able to see the faintest objects in the universe a Chaisson said. Quot that frankly is what the Hubble had made its name on. That is  Hubble a biggest Mission was to peer into the universes Distant Corners. The Telescope launched april 25, has a f using flaw that has sharply reduced its usefulness. Because of an error in the grinding and polishing of the Hubble a main mirrors it cannot capture Crisp clean pictures of Distant stars. An investigation into the problem is continuing. The head of the Nasa probe or. Lew Allen told Congress last week that it May take More than six months to pinpoint the error. Chaisson is a senior scientist at the space Telescope science Institute in Baltimore the group charged with overseeing Hubble a scientific explorations. When the convention of the astronomical society of the Pacific was organized Chaisson was scheduled to speak about Hubble a Early findings. Instead he found himself focusing on its woes in his presentation before several Hundred astronomers a a you re going to have to stretch your imagination a Little bit Quot Chaisson said. A there is a problem clearly we can to get around that. But Hubble is not broken. There is still a lot of exciting science to come out of it a Chaisson showed a slide of the Constellation Orion taken by Hubble that had slightly greater clarity than ones taken from a ground based Telescope. A Hubble already shows Sta Fields better than any ground based Telescope a he said. Hubble had been expected to far surpass the capabilities of Observatory telescopes which must look at the stars through Earth a atmosphere. With its focusing problem Hubble will be unable to pick out Distant stars to determine the size of the universe Chaisson said. Nor will it be Able to search the heavens for objects invisible to ground based telescopes such As planets in other solar systems or extremely Distant Stellar objects he said. Chaisson held out Hope that when replacement instruments Are installed in 1993, Hubble will be Able to Complete much of its Mission Over its planned 15-year  medal of Honor Winner Gen. Mabry Dies of cancer at 72 by then a. Times Gen. George l. Mabry jr., who woo the medal of Honor in world War ii and later commanded . Forces in the Panama canal zone died Friday at Richland memorial Hospital in Columbia so. He was 72 and lived in Columbia. Mabry died of prostate cancer that spread to the lining of his heart said a son la. Col. George l. Mabry Iii. Mabry who joined the army after graduating from presbyterian College in Clinton , in 1940, landed with the 4th inf div on Utah Beach in Normandy on a Day june 6, 1944. He was awarded the medal of Honor Lor his actions Dunn an attack on nov. 20, 1944, in the Huertgen Forest near Scheven Hutte Germany. He was cited for Clearing a path through a German minefield capturing three German bunkers killing three German soldiers and injuring another with his Rifle butt. He captured nine other germans. He served As a regimental commander of the 31st inf regt in Korea from 1954 to 1956, and later spent 10 years in the Panama Canaj zone including four As commanding general. In addition to it. Col. Mabry who is stationed in Stuttgart West Germany Gen. Mabry is survived by his wife Eulena a daughter Abigail m. Ferrick of Columbia a son Benjamin also of Columbia a brother Buford of Sumter , and five grandchildren